The Hope Chest
1996
First Published
3.73
Average Rating
307
Number of Pages
Book by Ahmad, Rukhsana, Ahmad
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Author
Rukhsana Ahmad
Author · 3 books
Rukhsana Ahmad has written and adapted several plays for the stage and radio, achieving distinction in both. Her play River on Fire was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn International Prize. Her first novel, The Hope Chest, was published by Virago. We Sinful Women, her pioneering translation of Urdu feminist poetry, is widely acclaimed. Rukhsana is a co-founder of Kali Theatre Company, London. She has served as a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at Queen Marys, University of London. The Gatekeepers Wife and other stories, is an anthology of her short fiction.
